 | William Howitt - 1847
..." wit-combats," in which Fuller describes Jonson as a Spanish great gatteon, and Shakspeare as the English man-of-war. " Master Jonson, like the former,...higher in learning; solid but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk but lighter in sailing, could turn with all... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1848
...wit-combats :" " Many were the witcombats," says he, " between Shakspeare and Ben Jonson. I beheld them like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war....higher in learning, solid but slow in his performances ; Shakspeare, like the latter, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 360 Seiten
...Jonson and Shakspere : — " Many were the wit-combats between Shakspere and Ben Jonson. I behold them like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war....Master Jonson, like the former, was built far higher * • Extracts from the Accounts of the Revcli at Court,' by Peter Cunningham. in learning, solid but... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1850
...wit-combats between him and Ben Jonson ; which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon GUILDHALL. 73 and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson, like the...tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Friday Street, running parallel with Bread Street, is said to... | |
 | William Maxwell - 1850
...higher in learning ; solid, but slow, irl his performances. Shakespeare, with the EnglishMan of War, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quick ness of his Wit and Invention." But in spite of these odious comparisons of cotemporary critics... | |
 | 1850
...betwixt him and Ben Jonson; which two I behold like a Spanish great Gallion, and an English Man of War: Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher...but slow, in his performances. Shakespeare, with the EnglishMan of War, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1851
...built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. C. VL, with the English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Nor shall thou, their compeer, be quickly forgotten, Allen, with... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 345 Seiten
...was built far higher in learning, solid but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, like the latter, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Of these encounters of the keenest intellects not a vestige now... | |
 | George Markham Tweddell - 1852 - 224 Seiten
...Many were the wit combats betwixt him and Ben Jon son, which two I behold like a Spanish great gallcon and an English man-of-war. Master Jonson, like the...built far higher in learning; solid, but slow in his performanee. Shakspere, like an English man of- war, lesser in bulk, but higher in sailing, could turn... | |
 | Wiltshire Stanton Austin, John Ralph - 1853 - 428 Seiten
...speaking of the " Wit Combats " between Shakespeare and Jonson at the " Mermaid Tavern," adds : " Which two, I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an...tack about, and take advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." Dryden writes: " As for Jonson, to whose character I am now arrived,... | |
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Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare... 
